Nate Sharpe is entering his fourth season as an assistant pole
vault coach, having worked with the Engineers since 2010. An MIT
alum himself, Sharpe completed one season of cross country as a
freshman in 2005 and was offered the opportunity to try his hand at
pole vaulting. He finished his career at MIT with a personal best
of 4.35m and a placement at the New England Division III
Championships less than 3 months after undergoing surgery to repair
a ligament in his thumb.

Since graduating in 2009, Sharpe has continued to pole vault,
first in England while completing his master's at the University of
Cambridge, and currently at the MIT Pole Vault Club, which he helps
coach with head pole vault coach Patrick
Barragán.

Sharpe lives and works as a mechanical design engineer in
Cambridge with his wife Julia, who is also a track and field alumna
from MIT.